Mike Vracabel made clear in the NFL combines that the Patriots I want to add a Legitimate receiver to your list.
He Patriots The coach also knows that it is difficult to find.
“(Receptors No. 1 are not) they simply do not walk around here,” Vrabel said at the Indiana Convention Center. “Let me know if they are. We will get them. “
It seems that it is now available.
According to the NFL network, the Pro Bowl DK Metcalf receiver has requested an exchange, and the Seattle Seahawks “have agreed to explore options.” Metcalf, 27, instantly becomes the best open receiver available this low season.
For Patriots, if the price is correct, this type of movement is obvious.
Metcalf would instantly give Drake Maye an open receiver No. 1. caught 66 passes for 992 yards with five touchdowns last year. In six seasons, Metcalf has always finished with more than 900 yards and has eclipsed the 1,000 -yard mark three times. It is a twice Pro Bowler (2020 and 2023) and made the second All-Pro Squad team in 2020.
Metcalf is entering the last year of his contract with Seahawks. It is ready to earn a base salary of just over $ 18 million and has a limit of $ 31,875 million for Seattle. The Metcalf contract also includes three empty years, which released $ 9.5 million of capitalization space for Seahawks.
An operation for Metcalf would probably cost a high rolling compensation and then a new contract. That would probably not be a problem for Patriots.
The team enters this season with the largest amount of space in the NFL with just over $ 127.77 million. The team has a list of needs and they are expected to be “aggressive“When free agency begins on March 10. Patriots are on the market for a first level receiver, but there are not much available.
The Cincinnati Bengals took the sea out of the franchise label. Chris Godwin and Davante Adams are the main current options of free agents. Cooper Kupp is available through trade, but is also considered a cutting candidate.
Last week, in the NFL Combine, the Patriots were not showing interest in KUPP, According to the sources of the league. If Godwin reaches the open market, Patriots is expected to be suitors, According to a source. Until Tuesday, the team had not shown any interest in Adams, By source.
The Patriots have not had a 1,000 -yard receptor from Julian Edelman in 2019. His latest Pro Bowl passes was Rob Gronkowski in 2017.
The last low season, the Patriots tried to sign Calvin Ridley in the free agency but were rejected. The same happened in the training camp with Brandon Aiyuk. The Patriots had an agreement with the San Francisco 49ers and were willing to send a second round and also pay the receiver $ 35 million per season. Aiyuk, however, chose to remain in San Francisco in an agreement that paid $ 30 million per year.
The Patriots have the Capital Draft and Cap Space to make an agreement for Metcalf and then generously compensate for the Pro Bowl receiver.
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